Overview
- Galilea Montijo spoke about the episode on Netas Divinas on July 11, 2026, publicly describing how the change in her family unfolded and how she processed it.
- When he was about 11 to 12 years old, Montijo says her son Mateo told her he wanted to move to Acapulco to live with his father and that “my happiness right now is with my dad.”
- Montijo says the decision caused intense pain and weeks of grief during which she felt “dead in life,” and she sought psychological help to cope with the loss of daily parenting.
- Her therapist offered a reading that Mateo felt a duty to care for his father, a view Montijo says helped her reframe the move as the child’s agency rather than personal rejection, and Mateo has since been living in Acapulco while training as a footballer.
- Montijo reports ongoing contact and an adapted rhythm of visits between Mexico City and Acapulco, and she has faced sharp public criticism that she says reflects a broader tendency to blame mothers when children change household arrangements.